Books I LikeBooks I LikeA running list of books worth your time.
George Orwell
Living in China doesn't seem so bad after reading this.
Paul French
A girl's death, a city in turmoil — true crime done right.
Frank Herbert
Sequels are hard if the first one sets the bar.
Frank Herbert
Less a novel and more like a whole new world.
Albert Camus
If you can't handle heat, don't go to the beach.
Yuval Noah Harari
If you love getting lost in Wikipedia, you'll love this.
Philip K. Dick
Drugs plus California in the 90s never seemed more appealing.
Haruki Murakami
Hope, regret, what if — is love really real?
Robert Harris
A riveting alternative history with an über amount of German.
John Wyndham
Learning to accept yourself is easier when thought than said.
Yevgeny Zamyatin
There's a good reason mathematicians don't often keep journals.
Aldous Huxley
Genetically modifying babies seems like the inevitable direction we're going.
George Orwell
If dystopian novels are too complicated, just use animal metaphors.
Franz Kafka
You think the DMV is bad? Bureaucracy at its finest.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
A rugged Roman gladiator road-trip with a Chinese twist.
Haruki Murakami
There is never a right time to fall in love.
Michel Houellebecq
A unique blend of life, love, and destroying human reproduction.
Haruki Murakami
Finding yourself in this world is difficult, yet entirely possible.
Franz Kafka
If you turn into a bug, watch out for apples.
Peter Heller
Guns, a dog, and a Cessna — post-apocalyptic survival pack.
John Lanchester
From the wall, to the sea, a cold dystopian adventure.
Philip K. Dick
If you have it, does it matter if it's real?
Albert Camus
Rats die, plague comes, existential crisis sets in, plague vanishes.
John Burdett
In Bangkok's underbelly, everything seems to relate back to Buddha.
Paul Auster
No matter the circumstances, all dogs deserve a good life.
Greg Chivers
In the future, are demons just malicious lines of code?
Kurt Vonnegut
He has a habit of repeating himself. So it goes.
Haruki Murakami
If your friends abandon you, confront that shit right away.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
It's the small things that get you through the day.
Haruki Murakami
If you see a photo of sheep, turn and run.
Khaled Hosseini
A linguistic, cultural, and educational journey through beautifully complex Afghanistan.
Arthur C. Clarke
A story of aliens, space, and adventure, featuring no aliens.
James Curtis
Even native English speakers might struggle to read this book.
Cormac McCarthy
An epic and biblical tale of fucking, fighting, and fleeing.
John Scalzi
Old minds + young bodies = the battle to colonize outer space.
Martin Amis
Fucking, fighting, drinking, smoking, swearing — all in a day's work.
Paul Auster
Like if Icarus had hit puberty, and then couldn't fly.
Ayn Rand
Pronouns can get confusing, but it has a solid message.
Haruki Murakami
If a girl disappears, you might not get any closure.
Yukio Mishima
Japanese love on a fishing island never seemed so interesting.
Hanya Yanagihara
People may come and go, but friendships last a lifetime.
George Saunders
Deeper into the madness, and then it just ends.
Haruki Murakami
If you paint a portrait, shit might hit the fan.
Jose Luis Borges
If you feel in over your head, join the club.
Arthur C. Clarke
If your kid has weird dreams, Earth will likely end.
Haruki Murakami
One shouldn't ghostwrite in a world that has two moons.
Sally Rooney
A boring tale of young Irish love and its challenges.
Melvin Burgess
Burgess does not shy away from the harsh realities of addiction and its consequences.
Michael Connelly
Not just a whodunit; a deep dive into redemption and the human psyche.
M.T. Anderson
A brain implant grants constant access to everything; critical thought has atrophied.
Haruki Murakami
Each tale blurs the line between fiction and personal experience.
Haruki Murakami
Two distinct storylines gradually reveal mysterious connections throughout.
Haruki Murakami
Surreal and psychedelic in a way that defies easy description.
John Grisham
Grisham makes procedural storytelling feel tense and urgent.
Michael Crichton
Medieval time travel meets corporate greed—science bends, history breaks.
John Burdett
A visceral experience of Kathmandu's sights, sounds, and smells.
John Burdett
A high-octane thriller set in Bangkok's sex trade district.
Kazuo Ishiguro
Blends the mundane with the extraordinary in a quietly haunting way.
Sam Eastland
Sharp prose painting a vivid picture of a city rebuilding amidst war's rubble.
Timur Vermes
Hitler isn't presented as a comical monster or a clown.
Alastair Reynolds
A coming-of-age story wrapped in a gritty, gripping space-pirate epic.
John Grisham
Raises questions about the cost of success and ethical compromise.
Malcolm Gladwell
Success is less about talent and more about opportunity and timing.
Michael Crichton
He must use his AI knowledge to outsmart the swarm and save his family.
Anne Michaels
A Jewish boy orphaned during war is rescued by a Greek geologist.
John Burdett
Takes Sonchai, and readers, where they haven't been before.
Michael Lipinski
A vivid portrayal of Thailand's rich culture and complex societal norms.
Stephen King
If you can see the dead, maybe don't tell people.
Manda Scott
You never know who to trust, even if they're old.
James Clear
Small habits compound into transformative, identity-based personal growth.
John Burdett
Even amid the sex trade, demons, spirits, and ghosts exist.
Haruki Murakami
Elegantly spare prose conveying deep emotional undercurrents.
Chris Voss
Voss challenges the notion that splitting the difference is acceptable.
Malcolm Gladwell
It's very difficult to tell when people are lying.
John Burdett
Plunges readers into Bangkok's criminal underworld of organ trafficking.
Robert Crais
A man burdened by past mistakes, driven to make things right.
Andy Weir
On the moon: smuggling meets engineering failures meets everything trying to kill you.